Economic Effects of the World War Upon Women and Chlidren in Great Britain

About this eBook

Author

Hobbs, Margaret A.

Title

Economic effects of the world war upon women and children in Great Britain

Original Publication

New York: Oxford University Press, 1921.

Credits

The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

HC: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Special topics

Subject

Child labor -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72639

Release Date

January 6, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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5. 5.ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE WORLD WAR ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN GREAT BRITAIN
6. 6.CHAPTER I Introductory Summary — Increase in Numbers — Wages — Recruiting New Workers — Removal of Trade Union Restrictions — Control of Labor by the Munitions Acts — Safety, Health and Comfort — Effects of War Work — Peace and Reconstruction
7. 7.CHAPTER II Work of Women and Children before the World War — Legislative Protection for Women — Child Labor — Laws Affecting Children’s Employment
8. 8.CHAPTER III First Months of the World War— Labor’s Attitude toward the War— Unemployment among Women Workers — The Unemployment Crisis — Organization for Aiding Unemployed Women
9. 9.CHAPTER IV Extension of Employment of Women — First Year of War — Second Year of War — Third Year of War — Fourth Year of the War
10. 10.CHAPTER V Organized Efforts to Recruit Women’s Labor — Munitions Work — The “Treasury Agreement” — The Munitions Acts — Organization for “Dilution” under the Munitions Acts — Propaganda by the Ministry of Munitions — “Dilution” in Other Industries by Trade Union Agreement — Other Measures to Increase Substitution—Industrial — Other Measures to Increase Substitution—Trade and Commerce — Campaign for Substitution in Agriculture
11. 11.CHAPTER VI Sources of Additional Women Workers — Transfers from Nonessential Industries — Transfers between Districts — Care of Transferred Workers
12. 12.CHAPTER VII Training for War Work
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII Women and the Trade Unions
14. 14.CHAPTER IX Control of Women Workers Under the Munitions Act — Prohibition of Strikes and Lockouts — “Leaving Certificates” — Munitions Tribunals
15. 15.CHAPTER X Wages — Governmental Wage Regulation in the Munitions Industry — Wage Fixing for “Women on Men’s Work” — Wage Fixing for “Women Not on Men’s Work” — Revision of Award for “Women on Men’s Work” — Extension of Award Covering “Work Not Recognized as Men’s Work” — Wage Awards for Women Woodworkers — General Increases Based on Cost of Living Changes — Criticism of Governmental Wage Fixing in Munitions Work — Wage Fixing by the Trade Boards — Wage Changes under Trade Union Agreements — Wages in Other Trades — The Equal Pay Question
16. 16.CHAPTER XI Hours of Work — The Demand for Overtime — Women’s Working Hours in 1915 — Later Developments
17. 17.CHAPTER XII Safety, Health and Comfort — Organized Efforts — Occupational Diseases in Munitions Work — Welfare Supervision — Attack on the Welfare Movement — Improvements in Conditions Outside the Factory
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII Effects of the War on the Employment of Children — Relaxation of Child Labor and Compulsory Education Laws — Changes in Occupations of Boys and Girls — Wages — Hours — Safety, Health and Comfort — Effects of War Work on Boys and Girls
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV Effects of War Work on Women — Health of Women War Workers — Effects of Night Work — Effects of War Work on Home Life — Development of Personality in Women War Workers
20. 20.CHAPTER XV Peace and Reconstruction — Postwar Unemployment among Women — The Domestic Service Problem — Dilution and Equal Pay — Child Workers After the War
21. 21.APPENDICES — Appendix A — Appendix B — Appendix C — Appendix D — Appendix E — Appendix F — Appendix G — Appendix H — Appendix I — Appendix J — Appendix K — Appendix L — Appendix N — Appendix M
22. 22.INDEX
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